Keeneland September Sale

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Betsy,
I honestly believe that folks just conceded the first two days to the Maktoums and are looking at books 3 and 4 in hopes of landing one.

LOL, that's probably true. I'm not upset, just rather surprised. However, it's not like they sold for $30,000.......someone, somewhere, got a nice Indy yearling for a fraction of what they thought they were going to pay.

Danzig has died, so these are some of his last yearlings - no wonder they sold so well. Can't blame the Sheikhs for wanting to get their hands on some precious commodities.

Interesting sale in that some younger sires made their mark -Distorted Humor, Mr. Greely, etc.......

[Rupert Pupkin]

Unless you have unlimited money, the first couple of day of that sale are a total waste. The prices are just crazy. We pretty much don't even waste our time looking at any horses that are going in the ring on Day 1 or Day 2. There is a chance of finding something for a relatively reasonable price on Day 3, but even Day 3 has pretty high prices. We do most of our buying on Days 4-9 or so. You can find a lot of nice horses in the $100,000 range on these days.